Sentences with phrase «affecting coastlines around the world»

All this matters because ice melt in Greenland is the single largest cause of global sea level rise, which is affecting coastlines around the world.

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There are the obvious ways: building and constantly improving the infrastructure necessary to predict hurricanes and other extreme weather, collecting images of disasters to guide emergency response workers, and tracking sea level changes around the world that affect coastlines and the Navy.

New research predicts how coastlines around the world will be affected by ice melt in different places

While it is often occurring in remote regions, ongoing change with the cryosphere has impacts on people all around the world: sea level rise affects coastlines globally, billions of people rely on water from snowpack, and the diminishing sea ice that covers the Arctic Ocean plays a significant role in Earth's climate and weather patterns.